2012–13 Ayr United F.C. season
2012–13 season | |
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Chairman | Lachlan Cameron |
Manager | Mark Roberts |
Stadium | Somerset Park |
Second Division | Seventh place |
Challenge Cup | First round, lost to East Stirlingshire |
League Cup | Second round, lost to St Mirren |
Scottish Cup | Fourth round, lost to Forfar Athletic |
Top goalscorer | League: Michael Moffat (16) All: Michael Moffat (21) |
Highest home attendance | 1,373 vs Queen of the South Second Division 15 September 2012 |
Lowest home attendance | 631 vs Brechin City Second Division 5 March 2013 |
The 2012–13 season was Ayr United's first season back in the Scottish Second Division, after being relegated from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2011–12 season after their two legged semi final play-off defeat to Airdrie United.[1] Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
[edit ]Season
[edit ]Ayr United finished Seventh in the Scottish Second Division.[2] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup [4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]
Management
[edit ]Ayr will be managed by Mark Roberts [6] for the 2012–13 season, following the departure of Brian Reid whose contract with the club had expired.[7]
Results and fixtures
[edit ]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre season
[edit ]Moffat 24'
Campbell 47'
Sinclair 71' Motherwell Report
Ayr United Report Attendance: 825
Referee: Steven McLean
Scottish Second Division
[edit ]Kerr 46'
Gribben 72'
Rennie 83' SFL Report Sinclair 22'
Holmes 67' (Own goal) Attendance: 714
Referee: Northcroft
Swankie 59'
Fotheringham 89' Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Somers
McStay Red card 81' SFL Report Moore 31' Attendance: 1,006
Referee: Hilland
Moffat 25' (Penalty), 59', 67' SFL Report Robbie Winters 42', 84' Attendance: 1,064
Referee: McKendrick
Trouten 19' SFL Report Buchanan 61'
McGregor Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card Attendance: 427
Referee: Northcroft
Campbell 45' (Penalty) SFL Report Bolochoweckyj 36' (Own goal)
Brownlie Red card 44' Attendance: 622
Referee: Charleston
Scottish Challenge Cup
[edit ]Scottish League Cup
[edit ]Scottish Cup
[edit ]Player statistics
[edit ]Squad statistics
[edit ]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Second Division | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | Scotland SCO | Alistair Brown | 24 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
GK | Scotland SCO | Darren Martin | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | Scotland SCO | Willie Muir | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
GK | Scotland SCO | Graeme Smith | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Gareth Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Darren Brownlie | 20 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Martyn Campbell | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | England ENG | Michael Donald | 20 | 4 | 19+1 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Adam Hunter | 29 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Jackson Longridge | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Cameron MacDonald | 1 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Anthony Marenghi | 16 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Austin McCann | 35 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Kyle McAusland | 26 | 3 | 24+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Neil McGregor | 14 | 1 | 14+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Ross Robertson | 17 | 0 | 3+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | John Robertson | 23 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Chris Smith | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
DF | Scotland SCO | Marc Twaddle | 20 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Robbie Crawford | 38 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Steven Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Darren McGill | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Northern Ireland NIR | Michael McGowan | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Scott McLaughlin | 8 | 1 | 8+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Northern Ireland NIR | Ryan McStay | 22 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | David Sinclair | 31 | 10 | 26+1 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Jonathan Tiffoney | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Michael Wardrobe | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
MF | Scotland SCO | Aaron Wyllie | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Liam Buchanan | 14 | 6 | 14+0 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 8 | 3 | 8+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Michael Moffat | 39 | 21 | 34+0 | 16 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 2 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Ryan Nisbet | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Roddy Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Mark Roberts | 18 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | Mark Shankland | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
FW | Scotland SCO | David Winters | 36 | 6 | 15+17 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]Includes all competitive matches.
- Last updated 12 May 2013
Nation | Position | Name | Second Division | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scotland | GK | Alistair Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | GK | Darren Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | GK | Willie Muir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | GK | Graeme Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Gareth Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Darren Brownlie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Scotland | DF | Martyn Campbell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England | DF | Michael Donald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Adam Hunter | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Scotland | DF | Jackson Longridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Cameron MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Anthony Marenghi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Austin McCann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scotland | DF | Kyle McAusland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Neil McGregor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Scotland | DF | Ross Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | John Robertson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Scotland | DF | Chris Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Scotland | DF | Marc Twaddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Robbie Crawford | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Steven Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Darren McGill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Northern Ireland | MF | Michael McGowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Scott McLaughlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Northern Ireland | MF | Ryan McStay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Scotland | MF | David Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Jonathan Tiffoney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Michael Wardrobe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | MF | Aaron Wyllie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Liam Buchanan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Scotland | FW | Darian MacKinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Michael Moffat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Ryan Nisbet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Roddy Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Mark Roberts | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | Mark Shankland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scotland | FW | David Winters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Team statistics
[edit ]League table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Arbroath | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 52 | |
6 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
7 | Ayr United | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 41 | |
8 | Stranraer | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 37 | |
9 | East Fife (O) | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for the Second Division play-offs |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners
Division summary
[edit ]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Club
[edit ]Coaching staff
[edit ]Position | Staff |
---|---|
Manager | Scotland Mark Roberts |
Assistant First Team Manager | Scotland David White |
First Team Fitness Coach | Scotland David Johnston |
Groundsman | Scotland David Harkness |
Last updated: 13 May 2012
Source: Ayr United
Other information
[edit ]
Updated to match played 13 May 2012
Source: [11]
Transfers
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